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Fighting the flu

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I had prepared a rough draft about what things I will be suggesting for this month for you all to watch read and try but the Deaths, destructions, apathy, misery, struggle, helplessness, lack of oxygen, beds, medicines combined with simultaneous lack of accountability responsibility morality, and empathy do not allow my conscience to write anything other than what's prevailing in the current times. It will be remembered as disastrous bookmarks of our modern India and we the millennia are witnessing this.  A Quick five-minute surfing on social media will make anyone nervous, the volumes of SOS calls for help, the pain of boys and girls grieving for their parents will break anyone's heart. it is nerve-wrenching to watch people of my age struggling to breathe and more so struggling to get their parents an odd hospital bed. I wonder how does one get the courage to bear these tremendous griefs. The parents cremating their young ones goes against the natural order of things.it is per...

Recommendations this month

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 So with the 2nd wave of covid possibly halting the normal/ natural life cycle of us humans as we know, and this hovering speculation of another dreaded lockdown in the country, it's hard to be cheerful amid these dark prospects. I myself am fortunate enough to be occupied with my preparations but many of my friends may not. So for them and anyone in these categories there are certain recommendations (precisely 3) that they could follow to make this boring period a little less grim.    1. Five Feet Apart     Normally I watch a movie, enjoy it, take something out of it (that's rare) and then forget it. That's the SOPs of watching movies right? But with FFA I lost my cycles to the extent that now this movie has a very deep infiltration in my overalls. It may be partly because I have a very close association with someone with similar (similar in nature not perhaps in degree) life-threatening disease and partly maybe because of the perfection with which will a...

food Trails : Lucknow

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As they say, the grass is after all always greener on the other side especially if you don't have to do the mowing, this applies to our belly as well. being north Indian we love south Indian delights even if you do not, I do. Keeping that in mind  if you are looking fo r authent ic south Indian cuisine in Lucknow you must try SOUTH INDIAN TAMIL NADU DOSA, particularly for its dosa and idli.  Pro tip its paneer butter masala dosa is by far the best I had in Lucknow. back in college days, i t was our go-to dining destination whenever we thought we deserved a special treat and that was quite often .  The shop is owned and entirely run by south Indian people. they speak fluent Tamil and a bit of Hindi enough to understand and take your orders. It's not a five-star restaurant or some posh cuisine center but a tiny outlet very popular among food lovers. you may reach here from all the major spots you know in Lucknow.  if you are familiar with Lucknow  from Alambagh ...